āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
Couple
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
She 's going to a wedding; her friends are the couple getting married.
āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻ¯āĻžāĻā§āĻā§āĻ¨; āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ā§āĻ°āĻž āĻšāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨ āĻ¸ā§āĻ āĻĻāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ¤āĻŋ āĻ¯āĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻāĻ°āĻā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
02
āĻā§āĻĄāĻŧāĻž, āĻĻā§āĻ
two items of the same kind
03
āĻā§āĻĄāĻŧāĻž, āĻĻāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ¤āĻŋ
a pair of things or people
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The store offers a discount if you buy a couple of items together.
āĻĻā§āĻāĻžāĻ¨āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻā§āĻĄāĻŧāĻž āĻāĻāĻā§āĻŽ āĻāĻāĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§ āĻāĻŋāĻ¨āĻ˛ā§ āĻāĻžāĻĄāĻŧ āĻĻā§āĻ¯āĻŧāĨ¤
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The teacher gave a couple examples to clarify the lesson.
āĻļāĻŋāĻā§āĻˇāĻ āĻĒāĻžāĻ āĻāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻˇā§āĻ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
05
āĻā§āĻĄāĻŧāĻž, āĻĻā§āĻ
(physics) something joined by two equal and opposite forces that act along parallel lines
to couple
01
āĻ¯ā§āĻāĻ˛ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻ¸āĻāĻ¯ā§āĻā§āĻ¤ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to bring two things or people together
Transitive: to couple two elements
Ditransitive: to couple an element with another
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The engineer needed to couple the gears to ensure the smooth operation of the machinery.
āĻāĻā§āĻāĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ°āĻā§ āĻŽā§āĻļāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻŽāĻ¸ā§āĻŖ āĻ
āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻļāĻ¨ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻļā§āĻāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ°āĻā§āĻ˛āĻŋ āĻ¯ā§āĻā§āĻŽ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
02
āĻŽāĻŋāĻ˛āĻŋāĻ¤ āĻšāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž, āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻāĻ¨āĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to engage in sexual reproduction or mating
Intransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
In the wild, wolves couple for life, forming strong bonds with their mates.
āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ, āĻ¨ā§āĻāĻĄāĻŧā§āĻ°āĻž āĻ¸āĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻā§āĻŦāĻ¨ āĻ¯ā§āĻāĻ˛āĻŦāĻĻā§āĻ§ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧ, āĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻā§āĻā§āĻĻā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§ āĻļāĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻļāĻžāĻ˛ā§ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻ¨ āĻāĻ āĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĨ¤
03
āĻ¯ā§āĻā§āĻ¤ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻā§āĻĄāĻŧāĻž āĻĻā§āĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž
to join or connect together to form a pair
Intransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
In chemistry, molecules couple to form new compounds through chemical reactions.
āĻ°āĻ¸āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĻ¨ā§, āĻ
āĻŖā§āĻā§āĻ˛āĻŋ āĻ°āĻžāĻ¸āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ° āĻŽāĻžāĻ§ā§āĻ¯āĻŽā§ āĻ¨āĻ¤ā§āĻ¨ āĻ¯ā§āĻ āĻāĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ¯ā§āĻāĻ˛ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧāĨ¤
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻ¤āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
couplet
couple
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
